Hunting In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Perfection is something everyone should strive for in life, but only a few can truly reach it. In the short story, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, General Zaroff perfected his hunting skills to the point where normal hunting became too boring. The General is not a normal hunter, he likes the thrill and danger involved in hunting, instead of most hunters which enjoy the challenge of the animal, and hunting mainly for food. General Zaroff wasn't always a perfect hunter though, when he was younger he hunted a lot with his dad, and with more and more practice he became better at it and eventually became perfect at it. When General Zaroff says "there is no greater bore than perfection", he is saying that hunting animals is to easy, which is why he stays at ship trap island and plays "The Game" with people he captures. The general thinks that hunting people is more of a challenge than hunting animals. A huge part of hunting is the thrill and danger of it, although to General Zaroff there isn't enough danger involved when hunting animals. When General Zaroff hunts animals, he finds it easy and boring unlike most other hunters. Therefore, the General found an alternative game to hunt, humans. Hunting humans …show more content…
As the General grew older and got better at tracking, he found that his beliefs about hunting had changed. As his beliefs changed, he started to get the idea that hunting animals had gotten boring, and that he needed a new challenge. "No animal had a chance with me anymore, That is no boast; it is a mathematical certainty. The animal had nothing but his legs and his instinct. Instinct is no match for reason"(Richard Connell 224). This explained General Zaroff's belief about hunting, the animal's instinct is no match for the General's reasoning. Only humans had the capability and could match the General's understanding and reasoning while being